Government

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Across
  1. 2. a Member of Parliament or Senator in a political party who is responsible for keeping other party Members informed about the Chamber's business.
  2. 6. the government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year.
  3. 7. a Member of the Senate or House of Commons Chamber who does not belong to a political.
  4. 10. a person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.
  5. 12. a Senator or a Member of the House of Commons.
  6. 16. a large, heavy, silver and gold covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament.
  7. 17. to place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or a committee for consideration.
  8. 18. a university student who works for the Senate and the House of Commons.
  9. 19. the set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation.
  10. 20. to choose a representative in an election.
  11. 23. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country.
  12. 24. a formal event that follows rules or traditions.
  13. 25. the type of government which takes care of municipal business led by the mayor.
Down
  1. 1. another name for the House of Commons.
  2. 3. the periods into which a Parliament is divided.
  3. 4. the block where the Senate Chambers and the House of Commons are.
  4. 5. a word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become a law.
  5. 8. a leader of a political party and the head of the government.
  6. 9. the agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament.
  7. 11. a building composed of the Monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons.
  8. 13. a person who speaks for you.
  9. 14. to change or improve something
  10. 15. all political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party.
  11. 21. a proposal by a Member for either the Senate or the House of Commons to do something.
  12. 22. the daily official record of debates in the Senate and the Hosue of Commons in English and French.